Pope's Comment On Islam

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<i>Vatican stops short of apologizing for remarks Benedict made during trip</i>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI “sincerely regrets” that Muslims have been offended by some of his words in a recent speech in Germany, the Vatican said Saturday — stopping short of issuing an apology the Islamic world has demanded.

The new Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said the pope’s position on Islam is unmistakably in line with Vatican teaching that the church regards Muslims with “esteem.”
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Very quick apology.